Andreas Kieling - Expedition zu den letzten ihrer Art Folge 5

In this documentary series, Andreas Kieling succeeds in shooting footage of extraordinary encounters with fascinating animals in far away regions of the world. As a wildlife filmmaker, he has travelled to remote corners of the earth to capture scenes of species threatened with extinction. This episode shows him tracing the Giant Panda in western China, the Siberian tiger, mudskippers in South Africa and giant anacondas in south America.

Director: Andreas Kieling

After escaping from the GDR in 1979, Andreas Kieling travelled overseas on merchant ships from 1977 until 1980. From 1980 until 1983 he successfully completed a forestal and hunting apprenticeship in northern Germany, attaining the degree of a hunting ground master (Revierjagsmeister). After several longer stays abroad in Asia and America (1986-1990) Kieling has been working as a documentary filmmaker since 1991.